For item 2, you may want to consider how the Fed stepped in to hush up the reverse repo inter-bank lending in Fall 2019. That rolled into 2020 bailouts.
Why is the Federal Reserve pouring money into the financial system? Answer lies in short-term issues and structural market changes https://www.ft.com/content/345da16e-d967-11e9-8f9b-77216ebe1....